Practice, Judgment, and the Challenge of Moral and Political Disagreement : a Pragmatist Account.

The book offers an account of moral and political disagreement, explaining its nature and showing how we should deal with it. It shows how a pragmatist account will help us dealing with the most challenging kinds of moral and political disagreement and overcoming the menaces of skepticism and relati...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Frega, Roberto
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • PRACTICE, JUDGMENT, AND THE CHALLENGE OF MORAL AND POLITICAL DISAGREEMENT; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Sources of A Pragmatist Theory of Rationality; 1 Inquiry as the Logic of Practical Reasoning; 2 From Reasoning to Judgment; Part II: Pragmatist Rationality In Morality And Politics; 3 Expressive Inquiry; 4 The Public Sphere; Part III: Relativism, Objectivity, And Justification; 5 Pragmatism, Pluralism, and the Fact of Relativism; 6 A Pragmatic Theory of Objectivity; 7 Why Justification Matters?; 8 Pragmatism as an Epistemology of Practice; Bibliography.